10. The 2nd Oldest Dated Diary

The astronomy of Diary No. -567 was looked at carefully because it is dated early and it records many observations. Moreover, it bears the name Nebuchadnezzar, a name famously cited in the Old Hebrew Testament. Scholars regard the tablet as a chronological link between the Bible and archeology. The endorsement of biblical history, however, rests on identifying the cuneiform name on the tablet - a philological issue outside the scope of astronomy.